Wages and Inequality in Buenos Aires, 1810-1870

Abstract

In this work we offer the results of our research on wages and inequality in the Buenos Aires province between 1810 and 1870. We built wage series of public and private workers, broken into the main categories of skilled and unskilled, as to be able to study the evolution of income inequality. This information allows us to link such changes to those on the labor market structure, economic cycles and state building.